Genesis 26:17
in Genesis 26So Isaac left that place and encamped in the Valley of Gerar and settled there.
BSB
The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
And Isaac departed thence, and encamped in the valley of Gerar, and dwelt there.
KJV
And Isaac departed thence, and pitched his tent in the valley of Gerar, and dwelt there.
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This verse in Genesis 26
Commentary
5 notes on this verse(Verse 17.) And Isaac departed from there and came to the valley of Gerar, and he dwelt there. The valley has a stream in Hebrew. For Isaac could not dwell in the valley after he became great. However, he dwelt by the stream, of which it is written: He shall drink from the brook by the way (Psalm 110:7). Also, during the time of famine, Elijah drank from that stream. But because Elijah was not perfect like Christ, therefore that stream dried up for him (1 Kings 17:7).
This site's exposition
all the wells that his father's servants had dug
on Genesis 26:15-18
The Philistines filled his father's wells with dirt after Abraham died, and Isaac reopens them and gives them back the names his father had given them. Stopping a well strikes at a dead man's work as much as at a living neighbour's water. He recovers a buried inheritance.
The record, by era
The Puritans and the Awakening3 voices
And Isaac departed thence,.... At once, peaceably and quietly, though to his loss and disadvantage, without taking himself either to argument or arms, in favour of himself; he departed immediately, as soon as he perceived his abode was disagreeable to the king and his people; which gives us a very agree, able idea of the calm and peaceable disposition of Isaac: and pitched his tent in the valley of Gerar, and dwelt there; at some distance from the city of Gerar, as Jarchi observes.
And Isaac departed thence,.... At once, peaceably and quietly, though to his loss and disadvantage, without taking himself either to argument or arms, in favour of himself; he departed immediately, as soon as he perceived his abode was disagreeable to the king and his people; which gives us a very agree, able idea of the calm and peaceable disposition of Isaac: and pitched his tent in the valley of Gerar, and dwelt there; at some distance from the city of Gerar, as Jarchi observes.
The king of Gerar began to look upon him with a jealous eye. Isaac's house was like a court, and his riches and retinue eclipsed Abimelech's; and therefore he must go further off.
The words behind it
8 Hebrew wordsEvery Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.
| Hebrew | Sound | Meaning | Word study | In the Bible |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| וַיֵּ֥לֶךְ | vaiyelekh | and he went | H1980 → | 1546 times |
| מִשָּׁ֖ם | misham | from there | H8033 → | 834 times |
| יִצְחָ֑ק | yitzchak | Isaac | H3327 → | 108 times |
| וַיִּ֥חַן | vaiyichan | and he encamped | H2583 → | |
| בְּנַֽחַל־ | benachal- | in [the] wadi of | H5158 → | 141 times |
| גְּרָ֖ר | gerar | Gerar | H1642 → | 10 times |
| וַיֵּ֥שֶׁב | vaiyeshev | and he dwelt | H3427 → | 1079 times |
| שָֽׁם׃ | sham | there | H8033 → | 834 times |
וַיֵּ֥לֶךְand he went
vaiyelekhH1980 →1546 times
מִשָּׁ֖םfrom there
mishamH8033 →834 times
יִצְחָ֑קIsaac
yitzchakH3327 →108 times
וַיִּ֥חַןand he encamped
vaiyichanH2583 →
בְּנַֽחַל־in [the] wadi of
benachal-H5158 →141 times
גְּרָ֖רGerar
gerarH1642 →10 times
וַיֵּ֥שֶׁבand he dwelt
vaiyeshevH3427 →1079 times
שָֽׁם׃there
shamH8033 →834 times
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
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This page draws on Jerome, Hebrew Questions on Genesis; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763) and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.